"Rupert Holmes is an American treasure."

THE LOS ANGELES TIMES              

Author of WHERE THE TRUTH LIES (his first novel), published by Random House, which debuts June 24 ... also in CD and cassette Audiobook format, featuring Saturday Night Live’s Ana Gasteyer and Spinal Tap’s Michael McKean. Film rights have already been acquired by Academy Award-nominated director Atom Egoyan (The Sweet Hereafter). Read ADVANCE RAVES and an excerpt from the novel. Available wherever books are sold .... or order now from Amazon.com. Hear Melissa Manchester sing the title song from the novel, written by Melissa and Rupert.

Nominee for 2003 Tony Award for Best Play —
SAY GOODNIGHT, GRACIE — this Broadway season's longest running play, based on the life of George Burns. "Rupert Holmes’ touching and hilarious play is a showcase for an era!” says THE NEW YORKER. “You’ll be in heaven for ninety minutes,” says THE NEW YORK TIMES.

The first person in Broadway history to singly win Tony Awards for Best Book, Best Music and Best Lyrics for THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD, which itself won the Tony Award for BEST MUSICAL.

Creator and writer of television's critically-acclaimed, Emmy Award-winning series REMEMBER WENN.

Twice recipient of the Mystery Writers of America’s highest honor, the “Edgar” Award, for his stage mysteries – which include the Broadway comedy-thrillers ACCOMPLICE (starring Jason Alexander and Michael McKean), SOLITARY CONFINEMENT (the theatrical tour de force for actor Stacy Keach which set a new Kennedy Center box office record), and THUMBS (starring Kathie Lee Gifford and Diana Canova), the most successful play in the history of the Helen Hayes Theatre Company.

Author of the new musical MARTY (based on Paddy Chayevsky's Academy Award-winning motion picture) with score by Broadway legends Charles Strouse and Lee Adams ... breaker of all box office records at Boston’s Huntington Theatre ... starring John C. Riley (Oscar-nominee for Chicago) and slated for Broadway in 2004.

Singer-songwriter of platinum hit recordings around the world. Writer-arranger-producer whose songs have been recorded by everyone from Britney Spears to Barbra Streisand. His words and music featured in such motion pictures as SHREK, THE SWEETEST THING, THE GENERAL'S DAUGHTER, HOW STELLA GOT HER GROOVE BACK and the Grammy Award-winning score for A STAR IS BORN ... as well as the TV series SIX FEET UNDER and WILL & GRACE.

Currently completing his epic stage musical based on THE PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY ... his movie-for-television adaptation — for ABC/Disney — of THE MYSTERY OF EDWIN DROOD ... the stage dance event SWANGO, celebrating West Coast Swing and Tango ... the stage musical of REMEMBER WENN ... and his second novel for Random House.

This is just a cross-section of the diverse creative world of Rupert Holmes — and yes, he's also the recording artist who wrote and sang "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)" ... the last #1 record of the seventies, the first #1 record of the eighties, and a #1 record atop the charts of the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia and Japan.